a choice

"Give us a king."

 

Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king, 

He said,

"This is what the king who will reign over you will do:

He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses,

and they will run in front of his chariots.
Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties,

 and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest and still others to make weapons

 of war and equipment for his chariots. 

He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves 

and give them to his attendants.

He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it

 to his officials and attendants.
Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle and donkeys

 he will take for his own use.

He will take a tenth of your flocks,

 and you yourselves will become his slaves.

When that day comes, you will cry out for relief 

from the king you have chosen,
and the Lord will not answer you in that day.

...

"No," they said, "We want a king over us.
Then we will be like all the other nations,
with a king to lead us and to go out before us

 and fight our battles."



~ 1 Samuel 8, 11-19
from the Holy Bible
new international version